Roseanne+Roe


 * SUMMARY: "Roseanne," age 37, died on February 27, 1971 after a legal abortion performed in New York.**

"Roseanne" is one of the women Life Dynamics identifies on their "[|Blackmun Wall]" as having been killed by a [|safe and legal abortion].

Roseanne was in the second trimester of pregnancy when she chose safe and legal abortion, permissable under New York's liberalized abortion law, in 1971. She was 37 years old, had had four children.

Roseanne's doctor chose the saline abortion method, which is performed by injecting a strong, sterile salt solution into the amniotic fluid. The fetus swallows and inhales the salty fluid, which causes massive internal bleeding and death. The woman then goes into labor.

Roseanne was infused with [|saline] for the abortion. Two days later, she began vomiting and having seizures. She aspirated some of the vomit and developed pneumonia.

The pneumonia took its toll. Roseanne died on February 27 from the pneumonia and anoxic brain damage.

The 1970 liberalization of abortion had made New York an abortion mecca until the // Roe vs. Wade // Supreme Court ruling that abortionists could legally set up shop in any state of the union. In addition to "Danielle," these are the women I know of who had the dubious benefit of dying from the newfangled safe-and-legal kind of abortion in pre- // Roe // New York:
 * "Judy" Roe, July, 1970, cardiac arrest during abortion
 * Carmen Rodriguez, July, 1970, salt solution intended to kill the fetus accidentally injected into her bloodstream
 * Barbara Riley, July, 1970, sickle-cell crisis triggered by abortion recommended by doctor due to her sickle cell disease
 * "Linda Michelle Hoffman", September, 1970, sent back to her home in Indiana with an untreated hole poked in her uterus
 * Maria Ortega, October, 1970, fetus shoved through her uterus into her pelvic cavity then left there
 * "Kimberly" Roe, December, 1970, cardiac arrest during abortion
 * "Amy" Roe, January, 1971, massive pulmonary embolism
 * "Andrea" Roe, January, 1971, overwhelming infection
 * "Sandra" Roe, April, 1971, committed suicide due to post-abortion remorse
 * "Anita" Roe, May, 1971, bled to death in her home during process of outpatient saline abortion
 * Margaret Smith, June 1971, hemorrhage from multiple lacerations during outpatient hysterotomy abortion
 * "Annie" Roe, June, 1971, cardiac arrest during anesthesia
 * "Audrey" Roe, July, 1971, cardiac arrest during abortion
 * "Vicki" Roe, August, 1971, post-abortion infection
 * "April" Roe, August, 1971, injected with saline for outpatient abortion, went into shock and died
 * "Barbara" Roe, September, 1971, cardiac arrest after saline injection for abortion
 * "Tammy" Roe, October, 1971, massive post-abortion infection
 * Carole Schaner, October, 1971, hemorrhage from multiple lacerations during outpatient hysterotomy abortion
 * "Beth" Roe, December, 1971, saline injection meant to kill fetus accidentally injected into her bloodstream
 * "Connie" Roe, March, 1972, cardiac arrest during abortion
 * "Julie" Roe, April, 1972, holes torn in her uterus and bowel
 * "Robin" Roe, May, 1972, lingering abortion complications
 * "Roxanne" Roe, May, 1972, given overdose of abortion sedatives
 * "Danielle" Roe, May, 1972, air in her bloodstream

As you can see from the graph below, abortion deaths were falling dramatically before legalization. This steep fall had been in place for decades. To argue that legalization lowered abortion mortality simply isn't supported by the data.

LDI Sources: "Maternal Mortality Associated With Legal Abortion in New York State: July 1, 1970 - June 30, 1972,ÃÂ± Berger, Tietze, Pakter, Katz, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 43:3, March 1974, 321

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